Learning with freedom and initiative Hello,I’m Gary Zhang,a grade two student in the Affiliated High School To Shanghai University.Last summer vocation,I went to Sweden for exchange.That’s quite an amazing experience for me which gives me a strong desire for studying abroad. It is known to all that western education is quite different from Chinese one.What’s the difference?As I know,study in Sweden is free in that students there can choose any course they want to learn other than compulsory courses.In addition,the means of teaching is optional.In Sweden,I participated in a special wild biology class.Topic was given but what programme we made was totally with latitude.I’ve never seen this kind of class before!We can cultivate our originality in this way more effectively than in Chinese way. Although the education system with freedom is so attractive,too much freedom contributes to sluggishness.The reason why western education does well these year is that students there know how to learn by themselves.That’s exactly what we don’t possess.To study abroad,me must be used to studying on initiative as natives do. Inspired by the free education system and motivated by the active study style,I make up my mind to learn with freedom and initiative and realize the dream of study abroad soon!